Francis Paul Wilson (b. May 17, 1946 in Jersey City) is an American
author, primarily in the science fiction and horror genres. His debut
novel was Healer (1976). Wilson is also a part-time practicing family
physician. He made his first sales in 1970 to Analog while still in
medical school (graduating in 1973), and continued to write science
fiction throughout the seventies. In 1981 he ventured into the horror
genre with the international bestseller, The Keep, and helped define
the field throughout the rest of the decade. In the 1990s he became
a true genre hopper, moving from science fiction to horror to medical
thrillers and branching into interactive scripting for Disney
Interactive and other multimedia companies. He, along with Matthew
J. Costello, created and scripted FTL Newsfeed which ran daily on
the Sci-Fi Channel from 1992-1996.